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2002-09-04 by johnarmes@aol.com
Dear All I recently had a meeting with a salvage company in Devon England, In a corner i saw a little keyboard . When I cleared some stuff of it i found it was a Phiilips Phillicorder !! Any idea what one of these is , is it rare should I buy it or is it just a piece of dutch crap best left in the rubbish dump Discuss Regards John
2002-09-04 by Colin G Crawford
Hi All! The Philips Philicorda was (or rather they WERE, because there were several models...) merely rather duff slightly ecclesiastical sounding transportable electronic organs designed primarily for use in chapels and small churches. Most were finished in pale wood cabinets with hearing-aid-beige plastic . If anyone is interested, I can lay my hands (not in a particularly holy way) on about 10 of the buggers, all for sale at pocket money prices. Who knows, they may become trendy. After all, the EDP Wasp was shite in 1980, and despite having no following when new and still being shite now, seems to have become collectable. Stylophones too. CfN!! Col http://www.technostalgia.org ...for ALL your obsolescent needs... ----------
>From: johnarmes@... >To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [Mellotronists] strange Phillips keyboards >Date: Wed, Sep 4, 2002, 10:58 pm > >Dear All > >I recently had a meeting with a salvage company in Devon England, In a >corner i saw a little keyboard . > >When I cleared some stuff of it i found it was a Phiilips Phillicorder !! > >Any idea what one of these is , is it rare should I buy it or is it just a >piece of dutch crap best left in the rubbish dump > >Discuss > >Regards > >John > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
2002-09-05 by Gordon Reid
Hello John, >Any idea what one of these is , is it rare should I buy it or is it just a >piece of dutch crap best left in the rubbish dump Philicordas are not particularly rare, and only of interest if you're a bit of a collector. I got mine, together with a tiny little Leslie, for £60 through the local paper. It's worth saving if it's in excellent condition, but don't pay too much. Regards, Gordon.
2002-09-05 by Colin G Crawford
Hi All!! Further to Gordon's email, I can probably get hold of a quantity of these things for between £15 and £25 each!!... Strangely, one of them also has a cute little Nihon-Leslie (Transistorised) which may be procurable too. JS has first refusal on this lot, but after him it's first come, first served. Shipping will be the buyer's problem!... Not sure how well any of them work, mind!! What DOES work (though the internal speakers have been disabled and replaced with a cleaner preamp output) is my WurliTzer EP200A which may be for sale in the near future. Colin http://www.technostalgia.org .... Great sounding shite gets no better than this.. PS Great article Gordon!! ----------
>From: Gordon Reid <gordon@...> >To: <johnarmes@...>, <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] strange Phillips keyboards >Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 11:12 am > > >Hello John, > >>Any idea what one of these is , is it rare should I buy it or is it just a >>piece of dutch crap best left in the rubbish dump > >Philicordas are not particularly rare, and only of interest if you're a bit >of a collector. I got mine, together with a tiny little Leslie, for £60 >through the local paper. It's worth saving if it's in excellent condition, >but don't pay too much. > >Regards, > >Gordon. > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
2002-09-05 by NormLeete@aol.com
2002-09-05 by Colin G Crawford
Colin (et al),
I remember these, hmmm. I think the older ones were based on a novel oscillator that had a neon in it which was pretty in the dark with the covers off!
All the best,
Norm
PS: A bit harsh on the old Wasp, they actually sound reasonable if you bypass the internal speaker. I had one for a bit with the additional seperate 'real' keyboard (Caterpillar!) and sequencer. For recording sessions I would borrow another three from friends and drive all four polyphonically from the keyboard. A working man's Obie 4 voice...
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2002-09-05 by JS
----- Original Message -----From: Colin G CrawfordSent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:13 PMSubject: Re: [Mellotronists] strange Phillips keyboardsNorm!!
As always, you are too nice.
The wasp sounded like a distressed kitten farting thru an old HMV gramophone horn.
Col
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From: NormLeete@...
To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] strange Phillips keyboards
Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 9:50 pm
Colin (et al),
I remember these, hmmm. I think the older ones were based on a novel oscillator that had a neon in it which was pretty in the dark with the covers off!
All the best,
Norm
PS: A bit harsh on the old Wasp, they actually sound reasonable if you bypass the internal speaker. I had one for a bit with the additional seperate 'real' keyboard (Caterpillar!) and sequencer. For recording sessions I would borrow another three from friends and drive all four polyphonically from the keyboard. A working man's Obie 4 voice...
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